Municipality
Pesnica, which is part of the podravska statistical region, measures 76 km2;
this ranks it 89th among Slovene municipalities.

Statistical
data for 2015 reveal the following:

In
the middle of 2015 about 7,450 people (about 3,750 men and 3,700 women) were
living in the municipality, which ranks Pesnica 69th among Slovene
municipalities. The population density was 98 people per square kilometre,
which was lower than the national average of 102 people per square kilometre.

The
number of live births was lower than the number of deaths, which means that
natural increase per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was –7.2
(in Slovenia 0.4). The number of people who moved from the
municipality was higher than the number of people who moved into the municipality,
so net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was –9.3.
The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the
municipality was negative. It was –16.5 (in Slovenia 0.6).

The
mean age of people in Pesnica was 44.1 years, which was higher than the
national average (42.6).

As
in most Slovene municipalities, in Pesnica the
number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 144
people, aged 65 or more, per 100 people aged 0–14. This ratio shows that the
value of the ageing index was higher than the national average of 123. It also
shows that the mean age of people in Pivka is growing more rapidly than in
Slovenia as a whole. Data by sex show that the ageing index for women was in
all Slovene municipalities higher than the ageing index for men. In Pesnica –
as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or
less; for men the situation was the same.

In
the school year 2015/2016 basic schools in Pesnica were attended by about 550
pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 300
pupils. There were 30 students and 6 graduates per 1,000 people in the
municipality; in Slovenia the averages were 39 per 1,000 and 9 per 1,000,
respectively.

Among
people aged 15–64 (i.e. working age population) about 53% were persons in
employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self–employed persons), which is
less than the national average (58%).

The
registered unemployment rate was 13%, which is more than the national average
(12.3%). As in most Slovene municipalities, more women than men were
unemployed.

In Pesnica,
average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 13%
lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; and net
earnings about 17% lower.

In 2015,
there were 374 dwellings per 1,000 population. About 68% of dwellings had at
least three rooms. Average size of dwellings in the municipality was 91 m2.

Every
other person in Pesnica had a car (54 passenger
cars per 100 population); cars in this municipality were on average 10 years
old.

In
2015, 243 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Pesnica, which is 72
kg less than on average in Slovenia.